Glass at Elevated Temperatures and in Fire

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, glass has been a largely used material for load-bearing or nonstructural components in buildings and other constructions. This includes building components such as facades, floors, roofs, walls, and columns that can be subjected to a multitude of permanent/accidental mechanical and thermal loads and their combinations. In spite of a large number of practical applications and research projects on structural glass, relatively little is understood about its mechanical performance under fire scenarios as a constructional material. As far as accidental design actions may derive from natural hazards, such a condition represents a huge limitation for design developments. Furthermore, wildfires represent a high risk in the same way as tornados, hurricanes, and earthquakes. For this reason, dedicated research, calculation methods, and approaches are required to understand the major loading and boundary conditions that are of technical interest for safe design purposes. Among others, the resistance and mechanical performance of glass elements under fire exposure still represent an open challenge.

The goal of this Special Issue is to compile a set of scientific articles describing the phenomena related to the behaviour of glass at elevated temperature and in fire. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Reliability of the available failure detection methods;
• Definition of standardized procedures;
• Determination of properties of glass;
• Development of numerical simulations;
• Development of simplified, analytical methods for failure detection;
• Experimental testing.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Chiara Bedon
Dr. Marcin Kozlowski
Guest Editors

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